Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Port-au-Prince, Haiti 🇭🇹, home to about 2.00 million people, and you would surface in the Indian Ocean 🌊, at 18.5430° S, 107.6620° E. Like most of the planet, that spot is open ocean; only 66 of the 391 cities listed here have an antipode on land.
| City | Port-au-Prince, Haiti 🇭🇹 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 18.5430° N, 72.3380° W |
| Antipode coordinates | 18.5430° S, 107.6620° E |
| What is there | Indian Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Australia 🇦🇺 — 758 km (471 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Karratha, Australia — 994 km (618 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Port-au-Prince's antipode is in open water, in the Indian Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 758 km (471 miles) north-west of the nearest coast, which belongs to Australia 🇦🇺.
The closest settlement of any size is Karratha, Australia, about 994 km (618 miles) from the point.
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63 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Port-au-Prince; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (18.5430° N becomes 18.5430° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (72.3380° W becomes 107.6620° E). More on how antipodes work.
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